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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: capable of being apprehended or understood [syn: apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable]
2: well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation" [ant: unintelligible]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin intelligibilis, from intelligere Date: 14th century 1. apprehensible by the intellect only 2. capable of being understood or comprehended <jargon intelligible only to the initiated> • intelligibility noun • intelligibleness noun • intelligibly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (often foll. by to) able to be understood; comprehensible. 2 Philos. able to be understood only by the intellect, not by the senses. Derivatives: intelligibility n. intelligibly adv. Etymology: L intelligibilis (as INTELLIGENT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Intelligible In*tel"li*gi*ble, [L. intellegibilis: cf. F. intelligible. See Intelligent.] Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc. The intelligible forms of ancient poets. --Coleridge. Syn: Comprehensible; perspicuous; plain; clear.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is intelligible can be understood. The language of Darwin was intelligible to experts and non-experts alike... ? unintelligible ADJ: oft ADJ to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Clear, plain, distinct, comprehensible, that may be understood.

Moby Thesaurus

allegorical, apprehensible, articulate, associational, clear, cognizable, comprehensible, connotational, connotative, decipherable, definable, denotational, denotative, easily understood, easy to understand, exoteric, expressive, extended, extensional, fathomable, figurative, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, graspable, indicative, intensional, interpretable, knowable, legible, lucid, luminous, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, penetrable, pithy, plain, plumbable, pointed, pregnant, prehensible, readable, referential, scrutable, sententious, significant, significative, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, transferred, unambiguous, understandable